An examination of extreme urban poverty: The effect of metropolitan employment and demographic dynamics

Urban Geography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 514-542

  Strait, John B ^a  

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deindustrialization; Economic transformation; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034456141     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.21.6.514     Document Type: Article

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